Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Perfecto Yasay agreed to hasten the approval of the Vietnam-Philippines action programme for 2017-2022 to forge stronger bilateral cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam was the second fastest growing car market in the world in 2016, with imports favored by most Vietnamese buyers. 

 Kim Kwan-Yong, Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do province in the Republic of Korea (RoK), was awarded the Vietnamese President’s Friendship Order at a ceremony held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on February 20.

The HCMC Department of Transport will focus on dealing with 37 sites prone to traffic congestion, yet the leader of this agency believes only 18 of them can be addressed this year.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany, H.E. Doan Xuan Hung, shares his thoughts with VET about Vietnam's second attendance at the G20 summit.

Long An FC's chairman has backed his team and said he would ask the criminal police department to investigate the referee Nguyen Trong Thu after his team were left on the end of a controversial 5-2 defeat.

 Airport Corporation of Vietnam, the sole airport company managing which manages the 22 airports across the country, has recently been found committing several violations.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers have strongly objected to footage broadcasted by a Spanish TV which criticised the quality of Vietnamese tra fish. 

 The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) internet cable line has been broken for the second time since the beginning of this year.

 The Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) opened in HCM City on February 20.

 Laguna Lang Co, winner of the 2017 IAGTO golf resort of the year award, will be hosting its first-ever Faldo Series Asia Grand Final for young golfers from March 15-17.

 H5N1 and H5N6 bird flu outbreaks are spreading in Quang Ngai and Bac Lieu province. Tens of thousands of fowls have been culled over the past two weeks. Relevant agencies are taking steps to contain the outbreak.

 With demand for environmentally friendly cars increasing in Vietnam, local automakers and traders are going green to win market share.

 Senior economist Nguyen Mai has a look at the international standing before and after US President Donald Trump took office and shares his views on what Vietnam should do to capitalise on the new situation.

Four Vietnamese steelmakers continued to demand new measures to prevent coated steel sheets shipped from mainland China and the Republic of Korea from being sold at cheap prices in the market.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) disagreed with a congressional vote which would mean juveniles are fully subject to criminal charges for rape, deliberately injuring people or kidnapping.

 Sixty six liver transplants have so far been performed across the country, with 34 donors being alive and 32 brain dead, according to the Vietnam Society of Organ Transplantation.

 The Japanese team has won the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017, beating the Republic of Korea team 3-0 at the Nguyen Du Gymnasium in HCM City.

 Vietnam lost to the Chinese province Sichuan 0-1 in the second match of an international football tournament for U19s in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, on February 20.

 Police and customs officers arrested a gun smuggler at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on February 20.